Back to the future
Forum gives young people a voice It’s not easy being young in Prince Edward County, according to a group of people between the ages of about 15 and 35 who participated in the Future Forum in the Lipson Room above Books & Company on Monday night. Separated from community leaders, service providers and others over the […]
Money, power and the County
County negotiating with developer despite Tribunal finding that project poses serious and irreversible risk to endangered species Do Tribunal rulings matter? Why is the developer making preparations to clear the project land of vegetation? Why is the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) continuing to work with the developer to prepare stormwater management plans? And why, […]
Gathering forces
CCSAGE meeting an opportunity to assess the fight against the erosion of democracy and the restoration of fundamental rights in Ontario Picture this: you’ve built a successful bed and breakfast near Milford. Invested your life savings and over the years, established a popular destination and a living wage for your family. But one day, a couple dozen 50-storey […]
Constructive minds
What does ‘open for business’ in the County mean? Council will form a committee of builders and developers, along with staff and councillors, to grapple with the challenges in building homes in the County. It will identify the sticking points and develop proposals that work both for builders and the County. But not all councillors are […]
Eve of destruction
No stay decision yet, developer and ministry make plans Many eyes will be watching the countryside south of Milford today, looking for signs of heavy equipment arriving to clear the land of not-yet-budding vegetation. As of Monday, there was no decision on a motion for stay in construction activity on the industrial wind project site. […]
Chase ends in Rosehall
Update: Charges are pending for a Kingston man who was arrested after being chased twice through Prince Edward County, by OPP yesterday morning. 29 year-old Corey Wentzell was arrested after police chased a car, stolen from the Wellington arena, along Loyalist Parkway, until it crashed into a ditch near Huycks Point Road. Wentzell is charged with […]
A nit and a hard place
Parents pull pupils to protest pediculosis policy Kristy Sinclair has a personal policy: don’t complain if you won’t fight back. And when she received a notice in the January, 2016 newsletter from her school informing parents of the update to the no-nit policy in Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board (HPEDSB) schools, she saw […]
No more
Council considers joining effort to discourage province from awarding new wind energy contracts Municipalities led by the township of Wainfleet are calling upon the Ontario government and Premier Kathleen Wynne to cancel wind contracts before they are awarded this month. They are asking that no further wind projects be approved this year because the electricity isn’t needed […]
Upping the ante
Despite Tribunal ruling, White Pines developer intends to begin site clearing next week The developers of the proposed industrial wind project, White Pines, appear to view an Environmental Review Tribunal decision as a bump in the road rather than a dead end. wpd Canada has decided it won’t wait until it can persuade the Tribunal that it […]
Appealed
OMB to review council size decision The story isn’t over yet. After more than eight years of debate, surveys, meetings, a Citizen’s Assembly and electoral ballot, many believed the size of council matter might have been settled by now. Not quite. With four days remaining to the March 11 deadline, Athol resident Pierre Klein filed an […]